The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-01-19
THE STATE.

fishing the Press Dispatches.
Mrs. Sallie George, wife OF Mr.. 4. Doug
las George, of Meridian, died In that ei'y'
recently.
Can't. Piazzs, formerly of the Rifles, has
been elected drill master of the Volunteer
Southrons.
The Democrat-Star thinks that boom
will strike the sea coast IN the peausiiui
sometime.
The Grenada young people enjoyed
berlain House.
Miss Rosie Yoste and Mr.. George L. Nc
Cormick will be married in Nieksourg
tomorrow evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. r. Hampton, OF big |
Creek, Miss, will celebrate their golden
wedding on the Slst inst.
The Democrat says that there are lew
enterprises in the South doing as well as |
the Natchez cotton mills.
Hon. W. A. Roane, one OF the Leading
LAWYERS in Northwest Mississippi, has re-
moved from Coffeeville to Oxford.
The Greenwood Enterprise, with VIII
n Cowanss name at its head, has made Its
appearances, and is a very neat paper.
The city authorities in Natchez propose
to put a stop to boisterous applause here
tofore INDUCED in at the Opera House In
that city.
A beautiful set of china painted by Miss
Archer, of Church Hill, was drawn In a
rattle last week by Miss Anna IL. Brandon,
of Natchez.
The new oil mill which Vicksburg pro-
poses TO build, is to have paper mill at
tached, where the paper Will be made from
cotton seed bulls.
Mr.. Lem Smith, prominent planter on
Dear Greek, Was terribly wounded lew
nights ago BY would-be assassin, while
on his way home
Mr. E. P. Thompson, of the Aberdeen
Weekly, has leased his paper TO Messrs.
Bradford and Hamilton, and temporarily
retired from the tripod.-Ex.
Mr.. Parnell, of Alabama, brother of
great Irish leader, has been prospecting
near Crystal Springs lately with view to
establishing a big fruit farm.
During the past six months the Vicks-
burg Building Association has made
profit OF SIC, 3Sl.l7 on capital OF $4,000
or nearly % per cent. per annum.
Manager Swan, of the Natchez Opera
House, had the misfortune to lose about
seventy-five dollars of his profit on the
| "Bijou," from his pocket last week.
Mr.. Archie McCranie, of Centerville,
died on the Sth inst, aged so years. He
leaves daughter, twelve grand children
and twenty-one great grandchildren.
Ground has been broken at Hattiesburg
| for the Gulf and Ship Island railroad.
Capt Hoskins is at work from that place,
south, with over one hundred convicts.
| Mr.. o. B. Collins, former Representative
| from Clarke county, has been appointed
| United States consul at Charlottetown,
Prince Edwards Island with a salary OF
$500.
The Valley Flag says that party of
huntsmen jumped five deer in one drove
on the ice covering Alligator Lake.
Among them was large buck which the
hunters succeeded in killing.
Joe Thomas, who killed Chas. Murphy,
editor OF the Rolling Fork Review, and
Mayor of that town, in 1881, and who was
sentenced to the State Penitentiary for life,
has been pardoned by the Governor.
| The general merchandise firm of A. *
A. X Burnet, of Port Gibson, was assigned
to Judge j.. n Baldwin. Their failure is
due to their inability to collect from far
mers last year, on account OF the poor
crops.
The Crystal Springs young ladies have
organized "Fan Company" We do not
know whether their object is to perfect
themselves in drilling or in flirting. From
the choice of weapons we presume the
latter.
Master Fletcher FitzGerald, the young
son of Col. w. H. FitzGerald, of Grenada,
had an alteration with a negro man
named Abe Thomas last week, and killed
the negro with pistol. The negro COM
merced the difficulty.
A telegram from ST. Louis says that the
Industrial Gazette of the 18th inst, con
tains the following: "A strata of coal, fl
teen feet thick has been discovered at Ok
ford, Miss" Also, "a company is being
formed to erect blast furnaces at Enter
prise, Miss"
The social event of the season in Vicks-
burg was the marriage of Mr.. Hart Vance
and Miss Myra Lomax, at the residence
OF the brides brother-in-law, Captain A. B.
Pittman. The reception that followed the
marriage OF this lovely young favorite,
was elegant in the extreme.
Mr.. ]. I. Miller, one OF our most enter
prising townsmen, shipped in the year of
1886, 1880 dozen eggs, and 168 coops of
chickens, averaging 81 dozen to the coop,
making about 1855 chickens. Mr.. Miller
is only one of the three dealers in these ar
ticles.-Boonville Pleader.
When the Bijou Opera Company arrived
in Natchez last week. they were forced to
roam around the streets for some tine
stop. Natchez should stir herself up. on
the hotel question, and we feel sure that
she will, and at an early date.
| A vary aIarapf 70 No..
at SPECIAL Grove, fremont, Ohio, the home
of xPresident r. B. Hayes. upon which
occasion Miss Ada Scott Cook, a cousin of
Mrs. Hayes, and Mr.. Ralph Walter Hunt
ington, young Mississippian residing at
Moss Point, were united in marriage.
Mrs. Julia J. Miller, one of the earth's
noblest women, died after a long illness at
her home in Ripley last week As q de-
| voted wife, tender mother and true and
loving friend in all other relations of life.
she lived life of rare beauty and purity.
and many tears of grief and desolation
will fall upon her sacred resting place.
Mr.. John Racket, living near Newton.
was considerably puzzled one morning last
week, when he went to draw water from
his we'll for the mornings use, TO find the
water blood red in color, and as sour as
vinegar. 1t was perfectly pure and fresh
on the previous evening. Great crowds of
people are visiting the well to satisfy their
curiosity on the subject.
This appropriate motto has been worked
in large floss letters, by lady in town,
and hung under her hall lamp, for the es.
pecial benefit of her husband, who is ac-
customed to staying very late late at "the
lodge, my dear"
"While the lamp holds out to burn
The vilest sinner may retarn."
-Winona Advance.
The mail pouch was stolen from the
"Catcher" at Rolling Fork on the 18th
inst, by a man who gave his name in
Rolling Fork as G. L. LewIce, and who
has been passing himself off in Louisiana
as a sewing machine agent, by the nam e
of c. B. Anderson. He was cantured nine
miles from Rolling Fork and had four
hundred and fifty dollars on his person
that had been stolen from the pouch
Houston generally comes in for her
share of strange phenomena, and the latest
freak in nature worthy of mention is a
calf with two tails. One of its cordial ap-
pendages is in its proper place, but the
other ia on its back just behind the shout
ders, and is about five inches in length.
The calf is the property of our townsma an,
A. A. Park, where any one desiring can
call and see the happy pair Of tails riding
one calf.-Free South.
Col. j. g. Hamilton and Capt. james
Hays, of Durant, have returned from Biz
mingham, where they spent several DAYS
working up and selling territory for the
Rhyme Paragon Process scr tanning-that
six states were sold, for the sum Of thirty
thousand dollars. They also organized q